Ian , tha's Bootiful Boi ; and for a Naarfick Boi yoove got sev'ral o they Naarfick engins ! Burrels of Thetford Bor . Before I got to the end , was going to ask which of the 2 with flat caps was you .... Should have realised from this forum that you like me is/are a flat cap man , 'tho well turned out for the press . Me I'm son of Compo , indeed Compo + . Never plucked up courage to wear one on the bar trolley , but around Scotland in the winter .. fitted nicely under the headset !
The Great Dorset is over 600 acres , and we take bikes to get around the showground ... don't let em out of your sight 'tho ; travellers abound . Yesterday about 1600 [ on your watch ] ... was doing practice forced landings along the A354 , Blandford - Salisbury road , followed by a circumnavigation of the fair for the student .... was looking for you .. honest , but sadly no camera . Set up this year was late 'cos of the lateness of Spring and thus a late harvest , but hopefully a good one for barley ... Hall and Woodhouse .. brewers of Blandford .
Years ago driving home from the Daylight Maniac [ daylight JFK -LHR , BOAC called it Monarch ... abbreviated by crews , as it was blast out -beers - min. rest -blast back ] . 'bout 11 pm up and over the hills a covering grey cloud of steam and smoke appeared . Finally seeing this huge site illuminated by the fairground engines lights , steam fair et.al. Reminded me of the old BA advert where the whole of Manhattan Island blazing with lights , takes off in the dark . UFOs have nothing on that sight . Night steamings are added to by the Beer 'n Cider tents
http://www.cbfsim.co.uk/cbfs_bb/posting ... 365cd4d207#, not to mention big Rock , Folk , and even bigger rural Country music tents .
Hope you didn't get caught up on the A303's new and UN-improved roundabout , 14 mile queues on last weekend's bank holiday ... with '' Highway to Hell '' playing in honour , on national radio drivetime show . Mind you the A12 got '' Road to Nowhere '' .
Glad to hear you're getting around , 'cos at the moment England's at her best , and with the kids back at skool this week ... us Silver Surfers have got the place to ourselves ..... apart from caravans .. that is .
ATB dave f .